The road to Rocroi : class, culture, and command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659
The Eighty Years War (1567-1659) has been the subject of important monographs. But the high command of the Army of Flanders, which played a decisive role in the making of Spanish strategy and was in charge of its tactics, has eluded detailed scrutiny. This work, the first study of an early modern officer corps, examines the culture, class structure, and combat effectiveness of the largest army of its day. Combining approaches and insights from social, cultural, and military history, it traces the evolution of the leading cadres of the legendary tercios in relation to major trends such as aristocratization and military modernization while revising recent perspectives on Spain's war against the Dutch and the French in the Low Countries
History of warfare, v. 52
History
xvi, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9789004170827, 9004170820
247962590
The School of Alba, 1567-1621. Personnel matters : staffing the School of Alba
Internal structure and hierarchy in the early army of Flanders
Discipline and justice in an age of mutinies
"Doctors of the military discipline" : projects of reform in the Spanish officer corps
"Falta de cabezas" : the military reforms and policies of the Count-Duke of Olivares, 1621-1643. Olivares as military trainer
The evolution of the count-duke's appointment policies
Grandees on campaign : the impact of aristocratization
Olivares' structural reforms in the high command
"Order and obedience" : the Olivarean reform of military justice
"An almost hopeless condition" : the legacy of Olivares in the army of Flanders, 1643-1659. "Time to act like who we are" : the Battle of Rocroi
The legacy of Olivares and the end of the war in Flanders, 1643-1659
Issued also as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2005